Student, professor co-author drug trafficking article published in top int’l journal: UM

According to a statement by the public University of Macau (UM) yesterday, a research article titled “Smuggling of Drugs by Body Packing: Evidence from Chinese Sentencing Documents” has recently been published in the International Journal of Drug Policy – a world-leading journal in the field of substance abuse.The article was co-authored by Tang Ruoyang, a PhD candidate in the UM Department of Sociology and her supervisor Cai Tianji, an associate professor in the 

April 9, 2020 | BY admin

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Businessman falls victim to online facemask sales scam

A local businessman reported to the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Saturday that he had been cheated when ordering facemasks online, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference on Tuesday.According to Choi, the victim struck a HK$66,000 deal with a Hong Kong woman for 15,000 facemasks on February 15 through a website called “Carousell”. The woman claimed that the facemasks were for adults and produced in Turkey.Choi said the woman asked the victim to deposit money into a bank

April 9, 2020 | BY admin

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Malaysian surrenders over HK$1 million fraud

A non-resident worker from Malaysia gave himself up to the police after cheating a money changer out of HK$1 million, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference on Tuesday.The 33-year-old suspect surnamed Ngui works in a car beauty shop.Choi said Ngui sent a message via WeChat on Thursday night to the victim, a local man who works as an alcohol beverages salesman and a money changer, requesting to exchange yuan into Hong Kong dollars.  Both

April 9, 2020 | BY admin

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China to continue to support Portugal in fighting COVID-19: ambassador

LISBON – China will continue to support Portugal in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese Ambassador to Portugal Cai Run said this week.“China has actively supported the Portuguese and European sides in combating the pandemic by providing relevant materials and facilitating procurement of preventive materials in China,” the ambassador said in an interview with state broadcaster RTP on Monday.He noted that according to preliminary statistics to date, donations from China that

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 45th COVID-19 case, imported from Cambodia

The Macau government announced today the city's 45th COVID-19 case, pointing out that it is another imported case of the highly infectious disease. According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, the 45th patient is a 32-year-old male resident who returned from Cambodia. The statement pointed out that the man told Macau Health Bureau (SSM) official that he came down with a fever and cough on March 20. He took Angkor Air flight K6198 (seat 20D) on

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Wuhan lifts outbound travel restrictions, ending months-long lockdown

WUHAN – As cars queued up at expressway toll gates and passengers prepared to board trains to leave Wuhan, the megacity started lifting outbound travel restrictions from today after almost 11 weeks of lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19.At Fuhe toll gate in Wuhan, cars honked horns and rushed out after barricades were removed at midnight.Guo Lei, who runs a business in Wuhan, drove his car with six others aboard to the toll gate at around 8:40 p.m. and waited for a homebound trip.“I

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Crimes drop 28.4 percent in Q1 amid COVID-19 crisis: police

The police recorded 2,380 crime cases in the first quarter, a year-on-year drop of 28.4 percent, amidst Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, Ma Chio Hong, who heads the Operations and Communications Division of the Public Security Police (PSP), said during yesterday’s daily press conference about the local COVID-19 situation.Quoting statistics by the Unitary Police Service (SPU), Ma said that 70 crime cases reported in the first quarter were committed by non-resident workers, down

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

Pedestrians, all of them wearing a facemask, do their grocery shopping in the busy Rua da Emenda.Shoppers buy snacks at a branch of a local brand known for its almond biscuits and meat jerkies that are popular among tourists. People walk near the Ruins of St. Paul’s. The usually crowded landmark has been quite deserted in February, and is only now seeing more people again there as shops and services have gradually reopened.  Photos taken earlier this week by Camy Tam and Iong

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Demagoguery will only interfere in COVID-19 fight cooperation: FM spokesman

BEIJING – Any demagoguery fabricated out of thin air will only interfere with cooperation against COVID-19, which is inhumane and immoral, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said yesterday.Zhao’s remarks came after reports in the US version of Spectator magazine claiming Italy donated equipment to China and China wants Italy to buy it back now, which proved to be fake news after an investigation by Italian journalists.Noting China and Italy are friendly nations and important partners

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Mainland reports no rise in domestic COVID-19 cases

BEIJING – No new domestically transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in the Chinese mainland on Monday, the National Health Commission said yesterday.All of 32 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on Monday were from overseas, bringing the total number of imported cases to 983, the commission said in its daily report.No death was reported on Monday, and 12 newly suspected cases, all imported ones, were reported in the mainland, according to the

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Woman caught collecting drugs at self-service pickup point

Suspect receives drugs in coffee powder sachets A 33-year-old woman surnamed Lam was arrested on Monday when she collected 12.5 grammes of methamphetamine hidden in sachets of coffee powder from a local self-service pickup point, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said in a special press conference yesterday. Police officers investigating the case discovered that Lam and her boyfriend, surnamed Pun, paid multiple visits together to the mainland before the recent entry and

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Police nab man for dangerous driving causing bus to crash into his car

A local man is facing a charge of dangerous driving that caused a public bus to crash into the back of his car, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday. According to Kam, the driver of the car was dissatisfied with the bus driver who had honked his horn when one of the car passengers was opening the door close to the bus.  The car was driving behind the bus but suddenly cut in front of the bus after which the bus crashed

April 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt spends over 50 million patacas on 'quarantine hotels'

The Macau government has so far spent over 50 million patacas (US$6.2 million) on booking rooms in 12 local hotels for mandatory quarantine and medical observation, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said today. Senna Fernandes revealed the amount to reporters on the sidelines of a standing committee meeting of the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL). She said that the government's expenditure on the so-called "quarantine hotels" was set

April 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau group collects 3.5 million patacas to help Portugal fight COVID-19

A group comprising seven local Portuguese community associations has collected 3.5 million patacas (US$444,700) to help Portugal fight the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Radio Macau/TDM reported today. According to the report, the donation campaign was launched by the ad hoc Macau Solidarity Commission on March 26 when it opened an account at local Portuguese bank BNU. The campaign ended today. The Portuguese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM pointed out that

April 7, 2020 | BY admin

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